The BA.2 Omicron sub-variant appears to be more infectious than the more common BA.1 sub-lineage of the virus, MOH said on Friday , citing health authorities in Denmark.“We will need further data and study to fully understand the implications for severity, immunity and transmissibility of BA.2,” MOH added.The BA.2 Omicron sub-lineage differs from BA.1 in some of the mutations, including in the spike protein, the World Health Organization wrote on its website.
It was initially discovered in November last year by scientists in South Africa and Botswana, American news organisation NPR reported. Danish Health Minister Magnus Heunicke said on Wednesday that the BA.2 Omicron sub-lineage became thePreliminary calculations suggest that BA.2 could be 1.5 times more infectious than BA.1, Denmark's top infectious disease authority, Statens Serum Institut , said.
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